School of Education Professor Mark Warschauer to lead team on​ $4 Million
​EIR Grant

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The U.S. Department of Education awarded UCI School of Education a $4 million, five-year grant to study ways to improve the teaching of computational thinking to culturally and linguistically diverse students in U.S. public schools.

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UCI SCHOOL OF EDUCATION IN THE NEWS

December 2019

• UCI's Center for Educational Partnerships (CFEP) supports Anaheim Education Pledge, which fundamentally changes the drivers for education from focusing on "college readiness" (through test scores) to “college, career & life success"
• Professor Mark Warschauer receives grant to improve computer science teaching practices
• New study for California State Bar by Distinguished Professor of Education George Farkas finds racial disparities in lawyer discipline
• Research by Distinguished Professor George Farkas for California Bar Association reveals black male lawyers more likely to be disciplined 
• Ying Xu awarded UCI's Distinguished Public Impact Fellowship to develop conversational videos for new PBS science show, Elinor Wonders Why
• Center for Educational Partnerships issues 2018-2019 SAGE Scholars Annual Report highlighting student achievement
• Professor Mark Warschauer publishes with Fernando Rodriguez, Ninger Zhou, Christian Fischer, & Susan King: "Exploring how Enrolling in an Online organic Chemistry Preparation Course Relates to Students’ Self-Efficacy" in Journal of Computing in Higher Education
• School of Education welcomes Beijing Normal University doctoral students for weeklong research project 
• Jenny Woo receives seed grant from Consortium on the Developmental Science of Adolescence to research college students' sense of belonging through social-emotional learning
• Professor Elizabeth Peña publishes chapter in Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders: From Science to Clinical Practice, 4th Edition: "The Social and Cultural Bases of Communication
• UCI/Tustin USD Science Academy workshop explores opportunities to enhance students' complex thinking
• Assistant Professor Emily Penner and colleagues publish "Teacher Effects on Student Achievement and Height: A Cautionary Tale" (working paper #26480, National Bureau of Economic Research) 
• School of Education hosts fall credential advisory meeting
• UCI's Center for Educational Partnerships (CFEP) is participating in the Anaheim Education Pledge with Anaheim Union High School
• Alumna Tutrang Nguyen presents at EPSC lab: "Unpacking Microlevel Features of Classroom Quality to Improve Early Childhood Education at Scale
• Photographs: UCI Writing Project hosts the 25th Annual Literacy Conference for K-12 Educators

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